Green Border

A Syrian refugee family, an English teacher from Afghanistan, and a border guard meet at the border between Poland and Belarus during a humanitarian crisis.

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has enticed immigrants from the Middle East and Africa with promises of safe passage into Europe. As a result, several refugees find themselves in the dangerous zone – referred to as the «death zone» – between the two countries. Director Agnieszka Holland masterfully shows how ordinary people become pawns in a cruel game between the border guards of Belarus and Poland. In this way, it offers an essential critique of the EU's handling of refugees from outside Europe.

Director

Agnieszka Holland (b. 1948) is a Polish filmmaker. She made her first feature film, Provincial Actors, in 1978 and has since been behind several essential films in Polish cinema. Holland's films have been critically acclaimed and shown at many of the world's most important film festivals.